Saturday, April 17, 2010




DEAR LOUISE, WHO IS READING PATTI SMITH'S
JUST KIDS
ALONG WITH OTHER DREAMERS I KNOW



I don't believe any human is any more a phenomenon than another

Norbu included

Dylan included

Gandhi and Max Factor

It's a journey



You would land right into Patti Smith's hands

and vice-versa



I always believed she was caring

mostso after the epiphany of a sorts she

went through after her husband's death

having children

restocking her mind and life after

Mapplethorpe and others bowed out



She's one who lives by her ghosts, lives by her lover

Personally, my favorite kind



I believe she does work from an honesty

This is what raises her stakes much

higher than the mere hippie or beat



Ginsberg might be surprised an heir is not a guy nor a Cody

or a Dharma but a Chicago born gal, raised in Jersey



She may not be, but she appears quite

at-home with her looks, frame and being

She's hanging out laughing and serious



I also believe her relationship with

her parents is strong and vital to her

Not a runaway

even if she looks like the poster child for one



She carries her good contradictions



Louise Landes Levi, an afternoon in Rome






photo Patti Smith: www.rockrgrl.com/conference/awardbanquet.php
photo Louise Landes Levi:
:flickr.com/photos/nakedlunch50/3904188980/